UN Capital Development Fund is currently seeking knowledge management and communications experts for its energy microfinance programme. please find the link for the consultancy announcement and a description of the programme (CleanStart) and UNCDF.

http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=35473

CleanStart Programme

The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have developed a global programme to support 2.5 million poor people to obtain access to reliable and affordable clean energy through microfinance (called CleanStart). To this end, CleanStart will support 18 financial service providers (FSPs) across six countries in Asia and Africa to build their capacity in providing financing for clean energy systems. In parallel, the programme will also strengthen the supply chains of technologies being financed and advocate for policy and business environments that promote the growth of energy markets serving low-income people. http://uncdf.org/en/cleanstart

To meet growing demand and commitments, CleanStart will supplement its core programme team by retaining, maintaining and growing a flexible network of technical specialists. The roster of technical specialists will be hired on rolling 1-year retainer contracts and whose services will be sought as and when needed.

The Programme Implementation Unit is housed in the UNCDF Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.

UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Inclusive Finance

UNCDF invests its funding and technical capabilities in financial systems in LDCs and other developing countries by facilitating the development of microfinance markets at the macro, meso and micro levels. It maintains a strong emphasis on building retail capacity to deliver quality microfinance services to poor people, but it also invests in supporting discrete policy work and strengthening country infrastructures to support retain institutions where necessary to maximize outcomes of our investments at the retail level. UNCDF’s financial-systems approach and results have received strong endorsement from CGAP’s SmartAid for Microfinance Index. http://uncdf.org/en/why-financial-services